Belarus's share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population) was 65.73% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 58.84 percentage points from 6.9% in 2019.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 65.73% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 6.9% | 2019 |
| Highest | 65.73% | 2024 |
| Lowest | 5.15% | 2022 |
| Average since 2016 | 13.93% | 2016–2024 |
| First recorded | 14.15% | 1999 |
Over five years it is up 58.84 percentage points from 6.9% in 2019. Since 1999 it is up 51.59 percentage points from 14.15% in 1999. The World Bank has no value for 16 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.
What the numbers say
From 2016 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 4.97 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 40% of the movement over 8 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Belarus had the 1st highest value of the 16 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 65.73% | 2024 |
| Europe & Central Asia | 11.38% | 2025 |
Closest to Belarus in the 2024 ranking
- South Africa — 2nd of 16: 34.61%
- Mali — 3rd of 16: 30.12%
- Kosovo — 4th of 16: 30.04%
What this measures
The share of youth not in education, employment or training (also known as “the NEET rate”) conveys the number of young persons not in education, employment or training as a percentage of the total youth population. Youth not in education are those who were neither enrolled in school nor in a formal training program (e.g. vocational training). For the purposes of this indicator, youth is defined as all persons between the ages of 15 and 24 (inclusive).
Limitations: When differing from international standards, the operational criteria used to define employment and the participation in education or training will naturally affect the comparability of the resulting statistics, as will the coverage of the source of statistics (geographical coverage, population coverage, age coverage, etc.). NEET rates are calculated preferably for youth defined as persons aged 15 to 24, but when studying these rates it is important to keep in mind that not all persons complete their education by the age of 24.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 10 values
| Year | Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 65.73 |
| 2023 | no data |
| 2022 | 5.15 |
| 2021 | 5.48 |
| 2020 | 6.79 |
| 2019 | 6.9 |
| 2018 | 6.2 |
| 2017 | 7.11 |
| 2016 | 8.05 |
| 2015 | no data |
Share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population) in nearby economies
More social protection & labor data for Belarus
- Net migration — -3,020 (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, female (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 37.39% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, male (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 40.69% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate for ages 15-24, total (%) (modeled ILO estimate) — 39.08% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 76.56% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 82.75% (2025)
- Labor force participation rate, total (% of total population ages 15-64) (modeled ILO estimate) — 79.58% (2025)
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Questions people ask
- What is Belarus's share of youth not in education, employment or training, total (% of youth population)?
- 65.73% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1999?
- It is up 51.59 percentage points from 14.15% in 1999. The highest value was 65.73% in 2024 and the lowest 5.15% in 2022.
- How does Belarus rank?
- 1st highest of 16 economies with data for 2024.
- Where does this data come from?
- The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: September 28, 2026.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SL.UEM.NEET.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Labour Force Statistics database (LFS), International Labour Organization (ILO), uri: https://ilostat.ilo.org/data/bulk/, publisher: ILOSTAT, type: external database, date accessed: September 28, 2026 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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